Hello everyone! Nice to see you again.

Anyway, here is Part 2 of my Top 10 Most Memorable Games list. If you just got here and you're not sure what I'm talking about, go see my previous blog.

Anyways, here we will be seeing some of my most favourite games that left such a memorable impression on me. There's bound to be disagreements but once again, go consult my collection to see if I missed a game that you thought deserved to be here before arguing. On to the list!

5. Metroid Prime "The Atmosphere"

This has probably got to be one of the most amazingly designed games I've ever played. Not only did Retro Studios bring the fantastic Metroid series to the 3D world but they did it with so much $tyle. It even serves as a hybrid game being a mix of first-person shooter and an adventure. The first section of the game in the space pirate frigate was very intense and was already quite memorable on its own. The moment that really won it for me however was when Samus landed on Tallon IV which first appeared as a very lush place filled with greenery, natural-looking platforms, and some of the best graphics I had seen at that point. Then they put you behind Samus' visor, give you control, and it easily becomes one of the most immersive experiences I've had. The first thing I did when I got control over Samus was jump into the small body of water in the beginning area and and come out. It was really cool seeing how the water would actually slide off your visor instead of magically disappearing. It's small added touches like these that really make the Metroid Prime trilogy one of the best-looking video games in recent memory and definitely the most atmospheric and memorable.

4. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES "The Characters"

I always have thought that of all the things that the Persona spin-off titles had which put them above the rest, it was the characterization. Instead of having protagonists that are overpowered and badass (like the stars of DMC and God of War and even other RPGs like Valkyrie Profile), it instead favours flawed but human characters. This definitely works to its advantage to making the characters very memorable. The experiences they go through and the problems they have (well...except for being able to summon crazy other selves and having to climb through a treacherous tower filled with demons) are pretty realistic and there's bound to be someone in the game that once can sympathize with. There has definitely been effort put into the character development in this game.

3. Final Fantasy VI Advance "The Change and the Story"

Having started the Final Fantasy series at Final Fantasy VII, I was one of the people who missed out on this game (called Final Fantasy III back in the day in North America) the first time around and all the Final Fantasies prior to it. Thus, I followed the releases of the Final Fantasy games closely on the Gameboy Advance. I honestly thought they were all pretty good from I to V and each had some interesting qualities. Then I came to this game and all I could say once everything was over was "Wow". It was so much darker compared to the previous games (it still had some silly antics of course). The cast had a lot of backstory to them, and the first lead character Terra is one of the most memorable and interesting. It was done in a different ****and it was done well. The plot had lots of effort put into it and it's amazing that a port of such an old game could evoke such emotions. Definitely the pinnacle of Square Enix's work.

2. The Longest Journey "The Execution and The Characters"

Let me say one thing that I'm sure of: I'm not an avid adventure gamer. I do buy some and I enjoy them but it has never been a huge part of my collection. I enjoyed some of them like the visual-novel $tyle Ace Attorney series and the exploration-based Endless Ocean and I definitely played some cla$$ic adventure games back then on my parent's PC but I never really got into the genre too much despite it being the genre that succeeds the best in making a great narrative and great dialogue. Then came this game which made me go crazy over the genre and made it rise from one of my most overlooked sector of games to my most favoured. This is the one game that had characters filled with personality that I actually cared for and the dialogue is wonderful. I also cannot overlook the amazing voice acting that this game has which makes April Ryan and everyone her seem even more real. The game has a typical "two worlds" setting that combines fantasy and a modern feel but it is done with such great execution that it surpassed all the rest in actually making it believable. The Longest Journey definitely counts as one of the most memorable games I've played that sparked my great interest in the adventure genre.

1. Persona 2: Innocent Sin "The Characters...Again and pretty much everything else too"

Yet another Persona game featured in my list and for the exact same reason I DID say that the characterization is one of the strong points of the series though. However, before I even move on to that, I should point out that there are so many other reasons why this game is memorable too. Instead of going for a steampunk, fantasy, or futuristic setting it instead focuses right on the modern world (in this game's case, 1999 since that's when it was released). That on its own is quite unique already. To add even more to the memorability of the game, it even features one of the darkest and most tragic stories I've ever experienced (especially if you don't have a walkthrough handy and make the wrong decisions). This game even has a choice and consequence feature that many other JRPGs don't have (they instead have pointless dialogue choices that have little to no impact on the story). Make the wrong choice? One of your main characters might miss out on their advanced personas or their final fate might be worse than it could have been. Nice touches like these are why I love the game.

Finally, this game is the most memorable because of the characters. In Persona 3 FES, you could sympathize with the characters and feel sorry for the believable situations they could go through. It was more of a pity relationship that I had with the characters there because of all the family, life, and education issues they had to go through. However, the characters in this game are much more human. While in Persona 3 I could sympathize for the characters, in this game I WAS some of the characters. I was Lisa when her parents brought her to a completely new country where she was teased and suffered, I have friends that very well resembled Maya in her positive big sister personality, and my personality is just like Yukino's. Prior to this game I had never seen a cast of more believable characters and the way that the villain tortures them and the way they face it really made them some of my heroes. This is definitely one of (if not the) most memorable games I've played.

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Well, that's all for now. I hope you guys enjoyed my list! Remember, it's just my opinion so don't go holding any grudges on me just because I didn't list so-and-so game at #1. Feel free to discuss it!

EDIT: Oh yeah, super ultra special shout-out to xriceballx and gamer_girl15 who commented on my last blog. I haven't seen you guys for a long time! Also, a shout-out to NekotheSpook who commented on my blog before my last blog! I really missed you guys!